How Should I Password-Protect an External Hard Drive?

✴️ You want more than a password; you want encryption. Encrypting an external drive can be done with the right software. ✴️ Protecting an external hard drive If you have Windows Pro edition and plan to use your external drive only with other machines using Windows Pro, then BitLocker is a simple and quick way to encrypt your external drive with a password. If you need to support Windows Home edition or other operating systems, VeraCrypt can be an excellent solution. Updates, related links, and more discussion: https://askleo.com/6250 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: https://go.askleo.com/ytsub ✅ Watch next ▶ How Should I Back Up an Encrypted Disk? ▶ https://youtu.be/uPWGYP3jh08 Chapters 0:00 Password-Protect External Hard Drive 0:54 Protecting your information 1:06 We'll show BitLocker and VeraCrypt 1:25 In Windows Pro 2:10 Do not forget your password 2:40 Save key to Microsoft Account 3:20 Encrypt the entire drive? 4:00 Bitlocker is easy to use 4:25 Downsides 5:10 On Windows Home VeraCrypt 6:55 Create a volume 11:40 Opening an encrypted drive 14:50 Encrypt single file ❤️ My best articles: https://go.askleo.com/best ❤️ My Most Important Article: https://go.askleo.com/number1 More Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com to get your questions answered ☑️ https://newsletter.askleo.com to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ https://askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com/all-the-different-ways-to-get-ask-leo/ for even more! #askleo #password #drive